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Delayer

noun

A person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late.

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"Delayer" Quotes from Famous Books

... DELAYER."—The fate of Rome was now in the hands of Fabius. Should he risk a battle and lose it, the destiny of the capital would be sealed. He determined to adopt a more prudent policy—to follow and annoy the Carthaginian army, but to refuse all proffers of battle. Thus ...

— A General History for Colleges and High Schools • P. V. N. Myers

... endeavored to draw his enemy into an engagement. He ravaged the fields far and wide and fired the homesteads of the Italians, in order to force Fabius to fight in their defence. The soldiers of the dictator began to murmur. They called him Cunctator, or "the Delayer." They even accused him of treachery to the cause of Rome. But nothing moved him from the steady pursuit of the policy which he clearly saw was the only prudent ...

— A General History for Colleges and High Schools • P. V. N. Myers

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